Nonregenerative system and method of operating the same



Jan. 8, 1935. H. sT. LAURENT 1,985,894 NONREGENERATIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Filed July 22, 1951' INVENTOR .HrertJt. .Zauremf ATTORNEY finternal cathode type, for" V type, as shown, and" as disclosed in jco-pending amasand pefae coupling transformer 3, having a primary winding 4, and a secondary winding. The terminals of secondary winding 5, which are shunted by a tuning condenser 6, are connected respectively to the grid 7 and the cathanode 8 of a gaseous cell 9. The cell or tube 9 comprises an anode 10 and a cathode-r element 11, in -addition to the grid 'Land the cathanode Shim-single energizing source is here designated simply by positive pole and negative pole the necessary ground connection, which may bethrough the transformer of a power pack, or thro hecoils thereof, is shown symbolically by the last resistor 12 serves tQJmQ- t: the maximum amount of direct currentilr-ipermitted sto; pass through the tube 5. .3. .i-.;

As will be more particularly pointedout incon nection with Figs. 2 and sfmetuteuvceupi from the circuit to the next stage may atlan suitable, point.

It is entirely practical, for in- 'stanc'ef o*take"the-oiitput l3 fron i across the terminal of ballastre sistor 12,"in whichcase one "leg of the connection shquldinludei a condenser *14; A separate direct current-scum 15' is shown,

Zamf fu h 1 .10 2 neee safi i iservin biasing *potentialfor electrode'l; 1

g asear steeper the The tube 9 is preferably a v c v of external cathode applications "Serial'jNo 1543310 and} Serial No.

? bf as gas bell as disclosedin t e apnea-eonsrieve *cited may be here briefly described as-"fo11 ow;' tw eie trodeelernents (tor instance','.elenients 3 11 be considered as exciters of apparent, electronic 'emis'sionjthefgas'vnthinthe containerfbeing the prime source i of electrons; Qnef of these electrode elements 7 (forf instance felem ent -8;f Figure- 1) is positive to the 'cathodelelementil l, and 'isnegative to fina ces-1o. Thiselectrode '8,,because= of its l e icn biisfcesign tdj t The l anode '10 is'similariunction to 'thefplatein-a thermionic "electrons towards"itselfj.and may be considered j rily. the 'control 'electrode. "In the present embodias one'ojf the output electrodes. v c I I arrangement of grid analogous to the position and A I grid fina'thermionictube, however it not necessarnentfcathanode'ii is the control electrode, -in the sense that itii is permitt'ed to' swing-free? fwith the variationsin the incoming (s n '1. I; A connection" 16 frorn'a suitablepoint Xj'iri the "'fgrid lead isjmade to groiindi'lil through-a conn r .7 and, s rves; tglf ct elv' b as' the alternatingirequencycomponent, which has been transferred from the plate electrodelO 0, gaseousvv conducting path to electrode 7, froinbeing across the retransferred i to theftunedinput circuit," thereby preventing regeneration orii P ssible oscillatory condition. v.W'ith this arrangement it is unneces- .press the 'funwanted cur ent; in the input circuit, as the-connection 16 jtQ ground l8thr'ough condens r 7 ef e tive y"hlqbk f h ffeed-b c 9 "fergyto the tuned circuit," j 6if Figure z issimil r n many resplects to'fig'gure des n t n im larpa ieiih ljlike' characters input coupling 5 and arrangements 51- 6 the same, "although any suitable means ,may be employed. The, terminals of t fefsecndaiy w n i'n'g are; as F ure 1, fcjdnn cted 5' to cathanodet andgndt: 'l'mayfhoweve'rfcom dottedlines. a bal I presentifilgurel) constitute'the working cathode of the 'celll That is, the

and the positive pole of the energizing source,

although, because of the unusual characteristics of the cell here illustrated, it may be at any one of several points in the circuit.

With theby pass arrangement hereshown it is unnecessary to make use of av s p iate lead and a. separate ground, as in Figure 1. The undesired alternating current component retransferred from the output to the input circuit may baby-passed from connection X through lead 16 and condenser 17 to the cathode lead and through ,ballast resistor 12 to ground l8.

1" Figure? difiers irom both Figs. 1 and 2 inasmuch as-the'by pass connection 16, instead of ,being-Qed directly to ground 18, may have the te' al,f"opp'osite'to X, connected at a convenientpointz'in the or anode circuit connection, say at 20. The ground circuit for the undesired "alternating current component is then to 'the f eie of 7 the voltage source,-which in' 'efiect -is grounded through the usualarrangementfiz'of :vo ltagi'e dividersandcondensers*in-'-the -fpower The resistor 21 shunted across condenser- 18 "it to provide a leak path iorpreventing thereondenser l8 from discharging-through the tubes- "As many further. modifications and changes in 'details will be apparent to-those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit an'd'scope of my invention, it is to be understood that the foregoing is to beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense-"except as required bye-the appended claims and by the prior art, 5 Whatis claime'd ist I 1. In an electrical system, thecombination with a discharge device having an appreciable gas content and having an input circuit, means for ionizing said gas, a source of undesired energy flowing through said gas to 'saidinput "circuit, of 'eans for diverting the undesired energy from said input circuit.

25in an electrical system, the combination with a discharge device having "an --appreciable gas content-and having an input circuit, means ifor ioni'zing' saidga's, and an outputcircuit; of means for divertingfrom said {input circuit,

' energy'fe'd back through said gas from-said out- Jput circuit.

351m an electrical system," the combination with a discharge device having an'appreciable gas content'and having input electrodes, means -.for ionizing said gas' tuningmeans connected between said 'e'lectrodes, an output electrode, ofmeans for preventing energy fed back from said outputelectrode to said input electrodes through said gas, from flowing in said tuning meansnz- 4. In an electrical system, the combination -with a cold cathode gas cell having a 'grid-cath- GO anode circuit and ananode-c'athodecircuitin mutual energy transferrelation, ofa circuitgineluding a condenser connected to saidgrid-cathanode circuit for by-passing energy-transferred from said anode-cathode circuit. ,5. In an electrical system, i. the

V i combination witha .cold cathode discharge device havingjan appreciable gas content and having a grid, of 1' a 'circuit' including a condenser connecting'fsaid, i grid toground. f 1 Q 6:.,In a} system as described. the combination ."con 'pri'sing a gas discharge device, a 'plurality'jof electrodes immersed in the gasof said device, means connected to a pair of said electrodes to ionizing h eas'an input circuit connected be-" a low impedance grounded circuit connected to the input circuit for by-passing energy transferred back from the, output circuit to the input circuit through the conducting path of the ionized gas. i

7. In a system as described the combination comprising a gas discharge device, a plurality of electrodes immersed in the gas ofsaid device,

means connected to a pair of said electrodes for ionizing the gas, an input circuit connected between a pairof said electrodes, an output circuit connected between a pair of said electrodes, a by-pass circuit connecting the input circuit with the means for ionizing the gas for by-passing energy transferred back from the output'circuit to the input circuit through the conducting path of the ionized gas.

' HERBERT ST. LAURENT. 

